Master of the High Court Accuses Leo Varadkar of a 'Sick Joke' over Housing

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Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan has described as "a sick joke", a letter sent from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to a man seeking to avoid repossession of his home, advising the man to contact mortgage arrears adviser Abhaile.

The High Court has people attending every day trying to prevent the repossession of their homes.

Mr Honohan said Abhaile is of no use to these people because it is "merely a voucher for 250 worth of legal advice" before you go to the Circuit Court.

Honohan accused Varadkar's office of being so misinformed that it is unable to formulate a reasonable policy to cope with the wave of repossessions that is about to break.

Holohan goes on to argue of the need for 'co-operative housing' and then went on to attack Varadkar for giving people the wrong advice.

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When questioned about people in mortgage arrears in Ireland being some of the most protected in the world, Mr Honohan said historically the cohort of people who were in deep arrears may have been the most protected, but that we must now look forward.

"Do we want to have all these houses vacated? These people are actually technically speaking squatters.”

"The reason they haven’t moved on is because the banks haven’t evicted them, there are hundreds of possession orders that have not been executed."

He went on to say that his proposed bill would not assist "strategic defaulters," that is those who can afford to pay.

"The real strategic defaulters in this are the husbands who haven’t told their wives that they haven’t paid the mortgage, there’s stupidity for you."

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Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan has described as "a sick joke", a letter sent from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to a man seeking to avoid repossession of his home, advising the man to contact mortgage arrears adviser Abhaile.

The High Court has people attending every day trying to prevent the repossession of their homes.

Mr Honohan said Abhaile is of no use to these people because it is "merely a voucher for €250 worth of legal advice" before you go to the Circuit Court.

Honohan accused Varadkar's office of being so misinformed that it is unable to formulate a reasonable policy to cope with the wave of repossessions that is about to break.

Holohan goes on to argue of the need for 'co-operative housing' and then went on to attack Varadkar for giving people the wrong advice.

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Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan has described as "a sick joke", a letter sent from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to a man seeking to avoid repossession of his home, advising the man to contact mortgage arrears adviser Abhaile.

The High Court has people attending every day trying to prevent the repossession of their homes.

Mr Honohan said Abhaile is of no use to these people because it is "merely a voucher for €250 worth of legal advice" before you go to the Circuit Court.

Honohan accused Varadkar's office of being so misinformed that it is unable to formulate a reasonable policy to cope with the wave of repossessions that is about to break.

Holohan goes on to argue of the need for 'co-operative housing' and then went on to attack Varadkar for giving people the wrong advice.

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And the egotistical dick is probably still smarting over being slapped down by the President of the High Court and being repeatedly rebuffed despite lobbying five Ministers for Justice and Taoiseach Kenny in his wish to be appointed a Supreme Court judge!

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Not at all. But then that's kind of obvious (maybe not to you though going by the exclamation of surprise you made.)

If you knew how much something was going to be in a years time, you could be a very wealthy person indeed. But considering how much credence was given to halfwits like Jim Power in the past, people with families are not interested in the atrocious rental market that FG have facilitated with their inept bumbling since they took power, they want something real to make a life in and all the 'experts' can talk things up or down, ultimately, they are just guessing.

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Not at all. But then that's kind of obvious (maybe not to you though going by the exclamation of surprise you made.)

If you knew how much something was going to be in a years time, you could be a very wealthy person indeed. But considering how much credence was given to halfwits like Jim Power in the past, people with families are not interested in the atrocious rental market that FG have facilitated with their inept bumbling since they took power, they want something real to make a life in and all the 'experts' can talk things up or down, ultimately, they are just guessing.

Honohan likes to think of himself as a judge although in reality he's just a court official (civil servant) who likes pontificating about things. I suspect that he'd be absolutely thrilled to see you referring to him as a judge!

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We were discussing the reality of why people make a decision to buy a home. If I wanted to, I could go out to my recycle bin and fish out the 'YOUR RIGHTS AND ENTITLEMENTS' that some local FG Councillor keeps sending me for some odd reason, if I wanted to read about your inner circle jerk?